# Paulette (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/paulette/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 47,152 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 65 / 47,087 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed in the twentieth century from French Paulette, a diminutive feminine form of Paul.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 130 | 1,650 |
| 2012 | 85 | 2,228 |
| 2013 | 95 | 2,048 |
| 2014 | 84 | 2,253 |
| 2015 | 96 | 2,054 |
| 2016 | 78 | 2,408 |
| 2017 | 70 | 2,537 |
| 2018 | 101 | 1,963 |
| 2019 | 131 | 1,625 |
| 2020 | 124 | 1,664 |
| 2021 | 127 | 1,649 |
| 2022 | 131 | 1,620 |
| 2023 | 135 | 1,576 |
| 2024 | 159 | 1,412 |
| 2025 | 138 | 1,536 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 5 | 3,880 |
| 1943 | 7 | 3,163 |
| 1944 | 5 | 3,791 |
| 1946 | 9 | 2,652 |
| 1947 | 7 | 3,289 |
| 1948 | 7 | 3,243 |
| 1951 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 1953 | 7 | 3,350 |
| 1955 | 6 | 3,784 |
| 1964 | 5 | 4,468 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Полет
- Chinese: 波莱特, 波萊特 /波莱特
- French: Paulette
- Greek: Πολέτ
- Hebrew: פולט
- Hindi: पोलेत्त्
- Japanese: ポーレット
- Portuguese: Paulete
- Russian: Поле́тт
- Spanish: Paulette

## People named Paulette

- Paulette Goddard, American actress (1910–1990)
- Paulette Dubost, French actress
- Paulette Cooper, American journalist and writer
- Paulette Marcelline Adjovi, Beninese politician
- Paulette Jordan, American politician from Idaho
- Paulette Libermann, French mathematician (1919-2007)
- Paulette Duval, Argentine actress (1889-1951)
- Paulette Christian, Argentinian actor
- Paulette Bourgeois, Canadian writer
- Paulette Jiles, Canadian writer
- Paulette McDonagh, Australian film director (1901–1978)
- Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (1927-2017)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.